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Glossary

A

Acoustic Transmission Loss
Acrylic Block Copolymer
Adhesion Promoter
Amorphous
Anionic Living Polymerization
Anisotropy
Aroma Permeability

B

Barrier Coatings
Bend Tolerance
Biocompatibility
Biodegradable
Birefringence

C

Calendering
Chain Entanglement
Charpy Impact Strength
Coefficient of Friction
Coefficient of Thermal Expansion
Color Fastness
Compostability Index
Copolymerization
Copolymerization Ratio
Coupling Agent
Creep Rupture
Crosslinking
Crystallinity
Crystallization Temperature
Cut Resistance

D

Degradation
Delamination
Die Swell
Dielectric Strength
Dimensional Stability
Diol
Ductility
Durometer Hardness

E

Edge Stability
Elastic Modulus
Elastomer
Elongation at Break
Emulsion
Ethylene Vinyl-Alcohol Copolymers (EVOH)
Extrusion

F

Flex Fatigue
Flex Resistance
Flexural Modulus

G

Glass Transition Point
Glass Transition Temperature (Tg)

H

Haze
Hot Melt Adhesives
Hydrogenation
Hydrolysis
Hydrolysis Resistance
Hydrophilic
Hydrophobicity
Hygroscopicity

I

Impact Resistance
Interlayer
Ionoplast
Isomer
Isoprene

L

Laminated Glass
Light Transmittance
Liquid Crystal Polymers (LCPs)
Low-Density Polyethylene (LDPE)

M

Melt Flow Index (MFI)
Melting Point
Molecular Orientation
Molecular Weight Distribution
Monolithic Glass
Monomer
Mouldability

N

Nanocomposite
Nucleating Agent

O

Offgassing
Oligomer
Open Time
Optical Clarity
Outgassing
Oxygen Transmission Rate

P

Peel Strength
Permeation Breakthrough Time
Phase Morphology
Phase Separation
Photocatalysis
Photovoltaics
Plastic Scintillating Fibers (PSF)
Plasticizer
Polarity
Polyamide
Polycarbonate Polyol
Polyester Polyol
Polyethylene
Polyisoprene
Polymer
Polymerization
Polyolefins
Polyoxymethylene (POM)
Polystyrene
Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA)
Polyvinyl Butyral (PVB)

R

Radiation Exposure
Reactive Extrusion
Refractive Index
Resin
Rheology
Rheology Modifier
Rockwell Hardness
Rockwell Hardness
Rubber Compounding

S

Saponification
Shear Strength
Shore Hardness
Shrinkage Rate
Silane
Sorption
Stress Relaxation
Styrene
Styrene Isoprene Styrene (SIS)
Styrenic Block Copolymers (SBCs)
Substrate

T

Tackifier
Tackiness
Tacticity
Tensile Stress at Break
Thermal Aging
Thermo-oxidative Stabilizer
Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA)
Thermoplastic
Thermoplastic Elastomer
Thermotropic
Transmittance
Twist

U

UV Resistance
UV Stabilizers
UV Transmittance

V

Vibration Damping
Vicat Softening Point
Vinyl Acetate
Viscoelasticity
Viscosity
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)
Vulcanization

W

Water Vapor Transmission Rate (WVTR)
Weatherability

Y

Yellowness Index
Yield Point Elongation
Young’s Modulus

Z

Zirconia